Beaver Lake
Located 7.3 miles north of Norris Junction on the Norris to Mammoth Road.
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Beaver Lake Details
The Beaver Lake Picnic Area is located 7.3 miles north of Norris Junction on the Norris to Mammoth Road. Tables: 9 Restrooms: 1* Fire Grates: 0 * Wheelchair Accessible. Every picnic area has tables, except for the 3 newest areas near Gibbon Falls, and most have vault toilets. You can use camping stoves and self-contained charcoal grills to prepare food at any picnic area. Fires are permitted only in picnic areas with fire grates. Only one picnic area - Madison - has water. Camping is not allowed in any picnic area. Special fire restrictions are occasionally put in place when the danger of wildland fires is great. If you plan to light a fire in the park, please ask about current fire restrictions at the entrance station when you arrive.
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Nearby Points of Interest Around Beaver Lake
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0.9 mi away
Obsidian Cliff
This cliff exposes a rhyolite lava flow that hardened partly into obsidian, a type of volcanic glass.
2.2 mi away
Apollinaris Spring
Located 9.7 miles north of Norris Junction on the Norris to Mammoth Road.
2.4 mi away
Roaring Mountain
Not so much an actual mountain as it is a thermal feature.
2.5 mi away
North Twin Lake
The northern member of the pair, its water comes from spring and runoff from nearby geyser activity.
2.8 mi away
South Twin Lake
The southern member of the pair, its water comes from spring and runoff from nearby geyser activity.
